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Kate Perkins

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HR Leader for life science/med tech/healthcare at Kate Perkins Consulting
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Kate Perkins is a Human Resources Executive with over 25 years of experience helping growing companies in the biopharmaceutical, consulting, and technology sectors scale their operations. A graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, she specializes in designing and executing impactful people strategies.

Her global experience includes an expatriate assignment where she led HR for a 700+ employee international headquarters at Celgene.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
HR Leader for life science/med tech/healthcare
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Scaling People Strategy
Her primary focus is designing and executing people strategies to help growing companies compete and scale effectively.
Life Science HR
Provides fractional and strategic HR leadership for small, venture-backed life science, medical device, and healthcare companies through her consulting practice.
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Career

Work history

8-2017 - 10-2025
HR Leader for life science/med tech/healthcare
Kate Perkins Consulting
7-2015 - 1-2017
Executive Director, Talent Acquisition
Celgene
11-2014 - 4-2015
Acting Head of HR, EMEA
Celgene
Sr. Director, International Human Resources
Celgene
Sr. Director, Human Resources, Research and Early Development
Celgene
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Education
MS
Stevens Institute of Technology
BA
Rutgers University
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